Appropriate garnering of the stress response in anticipation of this social challenge would be expected based on previous data.8, 13,50 In the current study, this was observed only after the intervention, possibly because of intervention - induced changes in cognitive appraisal, including the value placed on peer interactions, attention to instructions about the peer entry task, self - assessment of
skills to be used during the pending task, and
emotion and behavior
regulation during the stimulus presentation.